Russell Manser Wins the Prize for Turning a Life Around
Australian True Crime
Bravecasting
4.5 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 23 October 2022
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Russell Manser is an extraordinary man. He's been in and out of prison since we was literally a child, and when he wasn't inside, he was robbing banks to support a raging heroin habit.
As we know, lifestyle habits like that don't come out of nowhere. When Russell decided to face the truth of what had happened to him, it changed his life. Since then, he's changed many lives too.
This is a very upsetting story involving serious sexual assault. We've talked around these issues before with other guests, but Russell is uncompromisingly honest when talking about his story. Please take care when listening to this episode.
To hear more from Russell, as well as the stories of his amazing guests, you can listen to his podcast called The Stick Up with Russell Manser
You can also learn more about The Voice of a Survivor at www.thevoiceofasurvivor.com
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Lifeline on 13 11 14
13 YARN on 13 92 76 (24/7 crisis support phone line for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people)
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Host: Meshel Laurie. You can find her on Instagram
Co-Host: Emily Webb. You can find her on Instagram here and listen to her podcast Killer Content here.
Guests: Russell Manser
Producer/Editor: Matthew Tankard
Executive Producer: Jacqueline Tonks
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| 0:00.0 | We're bringing Australian True Crime live to Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne this July, |
| 0:04.3 | and I have to tell you that Brisbane sold out already. |
| 0:07.4 | Good for you, Brisbane, so we've quickly added a second show. |
| 0:10.3 | Now we can't keep adding more shows, so please make sure you get your tickets. Our special guests, |
| 0:15.2 | our forensic criminologist Santee Mallet in Brisbane and Sydney and the one and only Charlie Bazzina in |
| 0:19.9 | Melbourne. There'll be a Q&A of course so you can ask your own burning questions on the night but you have to book quickly. |
| 0:25.9 | The producers of this podcast recognize the traditional owners of the land on which it's recorded. |
| 0:37.0 | They pay respect to the Aboriginal elders past, present and those emerging. |
| 0:47.0 | The following podcast contains accounts of child sexual assault. |
| 0:51.2 | Listener discretion is advised. |
| 0:53.0 | I got it made of mind Professor Ian Coyles, |
| 0:56.0 | his trauma reports and he stats on me were a million to one. |
| 0:59.0 | He said, you know, looking back on where you come from now through it, so up against that low |
| 1:03.0 | satyachman area. You've done 23 years, you're sexually abused, you're a |
| 1:06.6 | $1,500 a day heroin addict. And he said you're a million to one shot. |
| 1:20.0 | Russell Manser is an extraordinary man. He's been in and out of prison since he was literally a child. |
| 1:24.0 | And when he wasn't inside, he was robbing banks to support a raging heroin habit. |
| 1:30.0 | As we know, lifestyles like that don't come out of nowhere. |
| 1:35.0 | And when Russell Mansour decided to face the truth of what had happened to him, |
| 1:39.0 | it changed his life. |
| 1:40.0 | And since then, he's changed many other people's lives too. |
| 1:44.0 | You may have noticed we've shared an episode of Russell's own podcast with you this week too. |
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